Beware of cigarette candy

The item is almost an exact duplicate of a real cigarette.

The only difference is the brown part on the real ones are coloured on the candy chewing gum version and a small logo that is not very visible.

I would therefore like the relevant authorities to stop the production of this item, ask businesses that sell the item to no longer do so. In addition, I would like to appeal to persons who purchase the gum to refrain from doing so.

My reason for this disapproval of the item is simply because it encourages children to smoke real cigarette at an early age. I am sure everyone knows the dangers of cigarette smoking to one’s health — cancer, emphysema, etc. The continued production and selling of this product would only lead to more ill persons in the future.

Is this the type of individuals we require to continue the generations to come? Is this the environment we want to live in considering the dangers of second hand smoking? Therefore, I’m pleading to the persons with the amount of power and authority to do something about this situation before it gets out of control.

TRESHMA HARNARINE

Penal